In the spacious and beautiful apartment, the two sat quietly in the living room.
Ling Jiao didn't talk about the Yang family, and Fu Shiqin didn't ask a single question either, just silently sitting beside her.
After a long while, Ling Jiao spoke up.
“I really hoped she would come back, when my grandfather was sick, when people around me said I had no parents, but she never came back even once when I was most helpless.”
“When I grew up and no longer needed her, she came back with her two children. I couldn’t accept it.”
“She said she couldn’t support me, but she ran off with all the compensation money from my father’s car accident, leaving my grandfather to work hard to support me at his advanced age. Otherwise… he wouldn’t have passed away so early…”
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As she spoke, she choked up and could no longer speak.
Fu Shiqin felt heartbroken listening to this. She and her grandfather had relied on each other for survival all those years, and it must have been incredibly difficult for them to get through it.
If Sun Xiulan hadn't run off with her father's compensation money, the grandfather and granddaughter wouldn't be living in such dire straits.
Now that she has achieved success in her career, this mother who disappeared for more than twenty years has reappeared with her so-called younger brother and sister.
Sun Xiulan said she wanted to make up for what she had been owed over the years, but what could a woman who abandoned her and took her husband's compensation money possibly make up for now?
They just want the mother and daughter to reunite so they can then take advantage of her assets.
Because of her, she has suffered so much over the years, and she is afraid to trust or fall in love with anyone easily anymore. How can she still have the face to acknowledge her now?
"Jiaojiao, all of that is in the past. You deserve all the good things in life now. You don't need to worry about them."
Ling Jiao took a few deep breaths to calm her thoughts.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little... emotionally out of control."
Fu Shiqin smiled faintly. He was glad that she was willing to show her vulnerable side to him so unguardedly.
"However, let's not think about these unhappy things. There are lots of fun things to do here. Is there anything you'd like to do?"
Ling Jiao thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have a game console?"
“There really is one.” Fu Shiqin smiled mysteriously, stood up and said, “Come with me.”
Instead of letting her be sad over people who aren't worth it, she should have some fun.
He took Ling Jiao to play video games at the Jinxiu Apartment, while Sun Xiulan finally managed to catch Ling Jiao, but Fu Shiqin stopped them from meeting.
So she waited at the new apartment again, but not long after, the apartment manager forcibly turned her around and kicked her out of the apartment, forbidding her to come any closer.
Seeing this, Sun Xiulan had no choice but to slink back to Yang Shasha's residence and think of another way.
As soon as she entered the door, Yang Yaozong came to greet her.
"Mom, how did your talk with her go? Did you get the money?"
“No, I saw her, but before I could even exchange two words with her, she was taken away by that Second Young Master Fu.” Sun Xiulan sighed in distress and muttered, “I’m afraid no matter how hard I look for her, she doesn’t intend to acknowledge me as her mother.”
She knew that when she left, she took the compensation money from her father's car accident with her. She would never forgive her for that alone, not to mention that she had never gone back to see her in all these years.
"What can we do? If she doesn't acknowledge you, we'll get nothing." Yang Yaozong paced back and forth anxiously.
He had a large sum of money owed to loan sharks, and Yang Shasha refused to pay it. If he couldn't get the money from Ling Jiao, he would be harassed by debt collectors.
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